Running Post #2

After living in Paris, France for 18 months, I took it back up again and it helped. When I got married my husband introduced me to weight lifting. It totally changed my body and I learned enough to hang around with the meatheads at the Gold's Gym in Arlington. My loathing of running was 60%.
Then babies came along. I gained 65-70 pounds when I was pregnant with my first, and because of a previous miscarriage, wasn't allowed to exercise until the second trimester. I cried and cried when I had 25 bloody pounds left to lose when my baby was a month old. Jason would say, "If it's important to you, you'll lose it!" It was and I did- after 7 months of many self-loathing miles on the treadmill. Then my second, and again 65 pounds! Again I self-loathingly lost the weight. Then #3 baby, I gained 65 A-freaking-GAIN, only was blessed with the stomach flu twice so it ended up totaling out to 40-45. I felt amazing and ran hard and fast until month 5. Then lifted and did the yucky elliptical, I hate that thing. Might as well watch TV and do finger pushups. But after the baby was a month old, I still had 25 pounds to lose; it's as if my body knew what it needed to feed the baby and recover properly.
Fast forward and that 85% of loathing has diminished to 0. I absolutely love it. Now what I deal with is the injuries, the morbid fear of not being able to run one day. I am positively addicted, it is the perfect cardio. I add it to
I am proud to say that I've

Diet Coke is so smart

I just finished up an 18-month NYC sabbatical in Arizona. While there I got seriously addicted to Diet Coke. I had a car and easy access to Sonic's famed 'pebble ice', and I could order it up with lime wedges, all under $2. So now back in NYC I am seriously trying not to drink as much. I'm drinking the 'baby cokes' - 7.5 ounce cans. Just maybe more than one. Or four.

Kindred Spirit in Chocolate

I have long adhered to the thought that chocolate and breakfast cereal go hand in hand. Enter Jacques Torres, the guy who's made it his duty to cover anything and everything with chocolate. Sometimes when desperate I'll order chocolate covered Cheerios through the late night anything-goes delivery service.

At Easter time I took these pics, and when I went back today I was reminded I should share the love, coated in chocolate

chocolate bunnies. on steroids.

don't get distracted- among mudslide, peanut butter choc, and original, PICK ORIGINAL

must MUST have the chocolate chip cookie

chocolate covered peeps- Brilliant!

I get my haircut at Arrojo in SoHo and nearby is Jaques Torres. Here I am plotting my way. Good thing I only discovered its proximity to the salon recently, or I'd have been in trouble much sooner:

 

perfect marriage

Pride and Vicarious Living All in One

Sprinkles Cupcakes

I feel like I'm doing my own cupcake tour around here! Was uptown at 59th and Lex, and came across Sprinkles cupcakes. I've had them before but never in the store.
Branding points, I give them a 9 out of 10 (Georgetown Cupcakes in SoHo gets the 10 in my book!) And in taste, I place them second to Georgetown as well. I got the Orange cupcake just to try something different, and it was fab. Had to hurry and throw the other half away before I inhaled the whole thing!

If you're wondering how many registered republicans there are in Tribeca...

...the answer is 3. Since Elizabeth Hasselbeck lives on the UWS, Jason and I are wildly curious who it is (my guess it's not Harvey K.). Would love to meet him and say hello. :)

Things that crack my kids up...

...driving in the Holland Tunnel, there is a tile marker where the tunnel leaves New Jersey and enters New York. The kids watch for it and watch for it for those few miles, then cheer when they cross the line. I love it too. My dream is to have a perfect picture of the Line of Demarkation from Poo-poosville to Home- I'll have to try next time, the rearview mirror got in the way :)

Wait for it...

wait for it...

here it comes...

HERE IT IS! NEEEEEWWWWW YOOOOORRRRRRRKK!